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Okay, this is not my idea, it was posted by another creative individual in W&SS using a different neck knife. However, I loved his idea so much I decided to try it myself and it turns out I really love this thing. This has probably been posted in RatCutlery before, but it is just so handy and compact it bears mentioning.
So the basic aspect is the Izula + enclosed kit. The kit comes with a pile of goodies which on arrival immediately dispersed among different spots of my PSK. I suppose you can connect everything to the Izula that comes with the included kit, but you are talking lots of little parts etc.
Distilling it down, what I really wanted with my izula is a firekit. I've got whistles and the other necessary pieces integrated into my PSK. However, when I'm walking about town, my Izula is with me always and it would be nice to have a little fire kit to go with it. So part of that solution was the tiny doan stick (firesteel + mag bar) included as part of the Izula full kit and one of the enclosed split rings. Added to it was a Ranger Band, which is a fancy name for piece of bicycle tire tube cut to fit like a rubber band.
So here we have it:
You can see in the above shot that the split ring, threaded through the keyhole of the included doan stick, is aligned with the main hole of the sheath. That way, when I link my carbiner through (I like to dangle the izula on a belt loop with the biner or dangle it to the D-ring of my pack strap), it secures both firesteel and sheath.
Here is the ranger band folded back a little bit.
On the otherside I tucked in some PJCB.
Oh and the ranger band itself can be used to prolong the flame by burning it up. The kit provides minimum bulk. I still often carry the izula kit in front pocket and the addition of the ranger band does not hamper that mode of carry. I suppose I can tuck in a small striker like one the LMF strikers under the PJCB side also. However, I just use the back of the edge of the Izula (next to the choil) to strike the ferro rod. Doing this a number of times, it slightly dulls the edge but not so much. You really hardly need to use any pressure at all on the ferro rod. As this is my EDC knife and it is constantly being tuned, dulling the edge on a tiny piece of blade near the choil isn't going to bother me much.
So the basic aspect is the Izula + enclosed kit. The kit comes with a pile of goodies which on arrival immediately dispersed among different spots of my PSK. I suppose you can connect everything to the Izula that comes with the included kit, but you are talking lots of little parts etc.
Distilling it down, what I really wanted with my izula is a firekit. I've got whistles and the other necessary pieces integrated into my PSK. However, when I'm walking about town, my Izula is with me always and it would be nice to have a little fire kit to go with it. So part of that solution was the tiny doan stick (firesteel + mag bar) included as part of the Izula full kit and one of the enclosed split rings. Added to it was a Ranger Band, which is a fancy name for piece of bicycle tire tube cut to fit like a rubber band.
So here we have it:
You can see in the above shot that the split ring, threaded through the keyhole of the included doan stick, is aligned with the main hole of the sheath. That way, when I link my carbiner through (I like to dangle the izula on a belt loop with the biner or dangle it to the D-ring of my pack strap), it secures both firesteel and sheath.
Here is the ranger band folded back a little bit.
On the otherside I tucked in some PJCB.
Oh and the ranger band itself can be used to prolong the flame by burning it up. The kit provides minimum bulk. I still often carry the izula kit in front pocket and the addition of the ranger band does not hamper that mode of carry. I suppose I can tuck in a small striker like one the LMF strikers under the PJCB side also. However, I just use the back of the edge of the Izula (next to the choil) to strike the ferro rod. Doing this a number of times, it slightly dulls the edge but not so much. You really hardly need to use any pressure at all on the ferro rod. As this is my EDC knife and it is constantly being tuned, dulling the edge on a tiny piece of blade near the choil isn't going to bother me much.
